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Hey Kate, I hear Fenton really caught it. Have you seen anything there?
Gen "Kate G." wrote in message ... Glad to hear you are okay. My DS and I spent an hour in the basement Friday evening... as the sirens were going all around us (first Tornado warning... then emergency rescue). Seems like the bulk of the damage was about 15 miles north east of us. We have some limbs in the yard to haul away (need to wait for hubby to get his chainsaw going -- too big for me and DS to cart on our own.) Boy -- when Mother Nature gets her dander up... she sure can make a mess! -- Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves |
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On Aug 26, 9:30 am, "Kate G." wrote:
John -- where in central OH are you? I have family in Columbus (I lived there for 10 years)! -- Kate in MIhttp://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *"John" wrote in message I am in Fredericktown, Knox County. The village of wide streets and narrow minds. A classic Dry Ohio Small town that I didn't know was dry until my wife went to the store to buy a bottle of wine. Not that it bothers me, as I gave all that up about 15 years ago, but I resent the intrusion of other peoples morality into my life. There I got that off my chest and I feel better now. John |
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Thanks for everyone's concern. Electricity is back in almost all of
town. The weather today was beautiful, the prettiest day we have had all summer. You saw neighbors helping neighbors all over town. The poor electrical workers are on 16 hour shifts. They still have several days of work ahead of them. Some connections are just temporary until new lines can be installed. The cable is back but there isn't anything suitable to watch. Our slight inconvenience this week reminds me once again of the situation in the Gulf states. Katrina was not cleared in a matter of a few days. I haven't seen anything on the current conditions. Can some of our Katrina survivors describe what is happening in their area? Susan On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:55:47 -0500, Susan Laity Price wrote: Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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Thank you for calling us survivors, Susan. We do not like to be thought of
as victims. Right now we're very wary of hurricane season still lurking out there. There are thousands of people still in flimsy trailers that could not withstand a big storm. We are truly overwhelmed by the goodness of people from all over this world who have come to help. Thank you for asking. Hold us close. Polly "Susan Laity Price" wrote, in part Our slight inconvenience this week reminds me once again of the situation in the Gulf states. Katrina was not cleared in a matter of a few days. I haven't seen anything on the current conditions. Can some of our Katrina survivors describe what is happening in their area? Susan |
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I just saw an ad for the CBS news program to air this evening. They
are starting a series on the conditions in N.O. area. Hope to remember to watch. TV news is not something I regularly watch because so little of it is real news any more. I don't care what the bad girls of Hollywood are doing. At least when reading the newspaper or internet I can skip those stories. On TV news you have to sit through the silly stuff hoping that some serious news will eventually be covered. Off my soap box and back to sewing. Susan On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:07:03 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: Thank you for calling us survivors, Susan. We do not like to be thought of as victims. Right now we're very wary of hurricane season still lurking out there. There are thousands of people still in flimsy trailers that could not withstand a big storm. We are truly overwhelmed by the goodness of people from all over this world who have come to help. Thank you for asking. Hold us close. Polly "Susan Laity Price" wrote, in part Our slight inconvenience this week reminds me once again of the situation in the Gulf states. Katrina was not cleared in a matter of a few days. I haven't seen anything on the current conditions. Can some of our Katrina survivors describe what is happening in their area? Susan |
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I agree about the TV news. We get a lot of our news from NPR. The U.S.
news seems to spend so much time talking about the lost miners in Utah and the Minnesota bridge collapse and the flooding in the Midwest and other parts of the U.S. We did get a few reports of the earthquake in Peru, but I was completely unaware of the major flooding in India until I went out to the Lutheran Disaster Response website to make a contribution for Minnesota flood relief. There is a little information at http://www.elca.org/disaster/article.asp?id=74&mode=1 Julia in MN Susan Laity Price wrote: I just saw an ad for the CBS news program to air this evening. They are starting a series on the conditions in N.O. area. Hope to remember to watch. TV news is not something I regularly watch because so little of it is real news any more. I don't care what the bad girls of Hollywood are doing. At least when reading the newspaper or internet I can skip those stories. On TV news you have to sit through the silly stuff hoping that some serious news will eventually be covered. Off my soap box and back to sewing. Susan On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:07:03 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: Thank you for calling us survivors, Susan. We do not like to be thought of as victims. Right now we're very wary of hurricane season still lurking out there. There are thousands of people still in flimsy trailers that could not withstand a big storm. We are truly overwhelmed by the goodness of people from all over this world who have come to help. Thank you for asking. Hold us close. Polly "Susan Laity Price" wrote, in part Our slight inconvenience this week reminds me once again of the situation in the Gulf states. Katrina was not cleared in a matter of a few days. I haven't seen anything on the current conditions. Can some of our Katrina survivors describe what is happening in their area? Susan -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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Glad you are safe and sound!
-- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "Susan Laity Price" wrote in message ... Thursday afternoon a storm passed within blocks of our house. We lost power at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. It returned at 3 a.m. Friday morning. The neighbors across the street are still without power. Thankfully we have never switched from DSL to cable internet service because the cable is out. The official report is that a tornado passed over us but did not touch ground. The tops of the tallest old trees were twisted and removed. The only houses damaged were those hit by trees. Many of these trees are at least 100 years old so it is sad to see them damaged. Many will have to be taken completely down. At one point they said 500,000 customers in Chicago were without power. Now there is less than 100,000 without power but this includes many businesses. Restaurants must throw away even the food in their freezers and have an inspection by the health department because the power has been off so long. The line at the post office was out the door because the two nearest post offices were closed. I went to ACE Hardware this afternoon to purchase more plastic storage containers for my fabric. The store was open even though they did not have power. Each shopper had to be personally escorted into the store by an employee with a flashlight. Once you chose your item the employee wrote down the information off the shelf tag. The "register" was a hand held calculator. They were only taking charge cards, no cash. Business was brisk. Most people were buying things to repair the storm damage. The quilt store where I teach was in the direct line of the storm. Those at the store during the storm said it was very frightening. There was no damage to the store but their power did not come on until this morning. I spent this afternoon at the store helping to finish the kits that were scheduled to be made Thursday evening and Friday. Thursday evening I stitched on a redwork project by candlelight. We made sure everything was off the floor of my studio just in case water came in but all is dry. We are very thankful that all is well here at our house. Susan |
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